TripAdvisor Reviews Treasure Island Hotel Haikou

Travel Blogs from Haikou

... so cian was sent back and they took dads passport in the process...Cliona and miriam stressed and worrying, the other 2 finally appeared. Dad made up for it and got us all smiling quickly by pushing Clíona around in a helicopter trolley for kids! Hahaha Flight was on time and within an hour we were in haikou, Hainan. After some bargaining with taxi drivers we got to our 5 star hotel! Now 1am all we wanted was bed! The poor guy at recepttion spoke no english and ...

... he saw and felt what others had said. One of his last flights with Nelson Mandela, everyone had disembarked the aircraft except for Nelson Mandela. Miles went to the back of the aircraft, knowing he was in the lavatory. Miles asked if everything was ok, Mandela said yes, and eventually came out. Miles helped him out of the aircraft, at a snails pace. Mandela was not moving very fast at this point. At the stairs, Mandela’s staff tried to push in to help, but Mandela ...

... our cotton sleeping bag been more useful than here !! I am not 100% sure but I had this feeling that those bedding sheets never seen any soap water since they start building ships with engines. If even. The room wasn't big enough to put the backpacks anywhere so we had to share the bed with it. Also remember to take earplugs, its pretty noisy especially the upper bunk cause of the "aircon". ...

We quizzed Yuan about prisons in China. In the U.S. our recidivism is well over 50%. Yuan laughed and said very few come back. He said many of the crimes involved violence and the prisoners don’t want to come back so the number is very low. He said at his prison the emphasis is on training them in some kind of a trade. They work in factories, while in prison.

... ate crab from the shell too. Belinda had to show Gene and I how to eat it. You just pry the shell open and pick out the meat. Surprisingly there was just a little bit in each one. Yuan is a police officer who works in a prison. Gene was asking him questions about his job, so he told us. The prisoners are in there for violent acts they committed. They all work in factories and learn skills in prison so they can get a job when they are released. Gene asked him how many prisoners ...